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This book features the writing of Tom MacInnes, who is considered by many as one of the most original Canadian writers of all time.
Raised in the Canadian Wild West in the latter half of the 19th century, MacInnes witnessed the Gold Rush, which became the subject of his first published work, A Romance of the Lost (1908).
While Canada was bringing in cheap migrant Chinese labour for the construction of the Canadian railways, MacInnes himself traveled to China to work in the development of their public transport system. After some years, this liberal mind became an ardent nativist, founding the Canadian Nationalist League to oppose what he saw as the "Yellow Peril" threatening the British fabric of Canada.
A soul of fire in a land of ice, MacInnes embraced poetry in his middle years, developing a unique style with unfamiliar and idiosyncratic forms, inspired by medieval France. Still, he was regarded as a “futurist” by his contemporaries, and he sometimes claimed that he was writing for a public yet to be. Unfortunately for posterity, he has been neglected if not forgotten… but hopefully, no longer!
Compiled and introduced by Rémi Tremblay
Reconquista Press
Reconquista Press
Pages: 166
Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-912853-27-4
Publication date: January 2021
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